Community Living Individualized Funding Services
Individualized Support Services Overview
This program is driven by the person and their families. The person’s wants, needs, and goals along family collaboration are at the core of each person’s supports.
The program offers services that can be purchased using passport funding, personal funds, community agency purchases or trusts.
The Individualized Funding Service program provides trained Direct Support Professionals who provide community participation supports. Community Living North Bay professionals provide scheduling, financial record keeping, expense submissions, and payroll services.
The employees will perform a variety of roles, duties, and tasks. These include facilitating community participation, facilitating life skills, assisting with goal development and planning, building and maintaining professional relationships within the community and researching community resources and activities.
Purchase for Services
Individuals who don’t require staff support, but are looking for assistance with purchases, memberships, planning, or the reimbursement side of Passport. We will assist the individuals in managing funds the way they want.
Person Directed Planning
Person directed planning and facilitation is a process that can be purchased for people with intellectual disabilities. Planning will vary depending on the needs of the person. Person directed planning and facilitation are about supporting independence, inclusion, and choice.
For more information
Contact
705-476-3288 Ext. 0
Passport funding can be used for the following services and supports:
- Community participation – YMCA, day programs, going to movies,
- Activities of daily living- learning to cook, learning literacy skills, Driver’s license assistance, etc.
- Person-directed planning – if you don’t know what you want to use your funding on, planning can help!
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Here are some fast facts about our Individualized Funding Program!